Stapling and labeling machine.



P. P. COX.

STAPLING AND LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 1M!- 7. 1910.

1,147,846. Patented July 27, 1915.

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P. P. COX. STAPLING AND LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-l1 1910- P. P. COX.

STAPLING AND LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1910.

1,147,846. Patented July 27, 1915.

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P. P. COX.

STAPLING AND LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN- 1. 1910.

1,147,846. Patented Ju1 '27, 1915.

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IPERGIVAL PAUL cox, or PONTIAC, rrinrivoisnssre ivon, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 TI-IE STITCH-ADDRESS COMPANY, or KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

STAPLING AND LABELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 27, 1915.

Applicati on filed January 7, 1910. Serial No. 536,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERCIVAL PAUL Cox,

dressing machines and more particularly to stapling and labeling machines for newspapers and the like, in which the address is printed upon a label and fed to the paper or article to be attached thereto and the primary object of the invention is to provide improved means for feeding and attaching the labels to the article, whereby the usual wrapper may be dispensed with.

A further object is to provide improved means wherebythe labels may be printed in strips and fed to the article, and improved means for severing the strip into the various labels. i

A further object is toprovide improved means for automatically arresting and positioning the paper or article to; receive or have the label attached thereto.

A further object is to provide improved machine of this character which will i be simple, durable and cheapin construction and effective and efficient in operation. To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful ob- I jects, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stapling or stitching machine having an attachment applied thereto constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of a folded newspaper v having a label applied thereto in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 3

is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1 A

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of a portion of a cutting mechanism for severing the strips into the various labels. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 3 showing the manner of feeding the labels. Fig. 7 is a View taken on line 77 Fig. 9.

passes over suitable pulleys 28, 29.

of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the knife or 'cutterfor the labels. Fig. 9 1s a view taken on line 99 of Fig. 3. Fig. l() 15 a view taken on line 1010 of Fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a view taken on line 1l1l of Fig. 12 is a view taken on line 12-12 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in the present exemplification of the invention the numeral 15 designates the arm of a stapling mechanism within the head 16 of which the forming bar 17 and drivmg bar 18 reciprocate, and 19 designates the cam for operating the staple forming and driving mechanism, all of which may be of the ordinary and well known construction, and motion may be imparted to the cam 19 by means of the belt pulley 20, which is locked into operative relation with the driving and forming mechanism by meansv of a clutch 21 controlled by a treadle 22 in the ordinary and wellrknown manner and which treadle is locatedpreferably at the front of the machine so that when the treadle 22 is rocked in one direction, the pulley 20 will be released and when the treadle is rocked. in the opposite direction the pulley will be locked so as to operate the cam '19 when the pulley is rotated.

Supported by the bed 23 of the stapling machine is a work support 24: upon which the papers or articles to be stitched are fed so as to pass beneath the staple forming and driving mechanism. Any suitable means may be provided for feeding the papers or articles, such as two endless belts 26, 27, ar-

' ranged one above the otherso that the lower run of the upper belt will be disposed adjacent and in close proximity to the upper run of the lower belt. The upper belt 26 The lower belt 27 passes over pulleys 30, 31, and the pulley 31 is located adjacent but spaced from the pulley 29 and is located in the same plane with the pulley 29. The upper run of the lower belt 27 where it passes over the pulley 31 is deflected, as shown more clearly in Figs. 1' and 9, as at 32, so as to pass under the pulley 29. These pulleys 29,31,are preferably in the form of rollers, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, which are of any desired width according to the width of the articles to be labeled. Any suitable number of belts 26', 27 may be employed but in the present eem iicaino nin OJZLlTSO X plf' to fthemve to tw f such belts are shown, one located 011 each side of the staple forming and driving mechanism as shown more clearly in Fig. 3. Arranged intermediate the pulleys 2 8, 30, and 29, 31, are rollers 33, 34, over which the respective belts 26, 27 pass. These rollers 33, 34, are located in close proximity to the staple forming and driving mechanism and one roller is located directly above the other and spaced therefrom a sufiicient distance so as to grip and crease the folded paper as it passes between these rolls. The rollers 29, 31 may be supported in any desired or suitable manner, preferably by means of a bracket 35, which is secured to any suitable portion of the machine bed 23 and is provided in its free end with bearings for the rollers. Arranged above the rollers 29, 31, is a platform or support 36 which is provided with a slot or opening 37 in the bottom thereof, which opening is directly above the space between the rolls 29, 31 and between the adjacent portions of the belts 26, 27, at a point where they pass over the respective rolls 29, 31, so that when a paper is forced through the opening 37 in the platform or support 36 in a manner to be set forth, the paper will be gripped between the rolls 29, 31, and will also pass between the adjacent portions of the belts 26, 27, and gripped thereby to be fed to the creasing rolls 33, 34.

Mounted upon a suitable support, preferably projections 38 which extend above the bracket or arm 35 are arms 39 which sup port a folder blade 40, one edge of which blade is ada ted to be inserted into the slot or opening 3 in the platform or support 36 when the arms 39 are rocked in one direc- 3 tion. A pair of feed rolls 41, 42, are journaled in suitable bearings one above thl other and slightly spaced from each other These rolls 41, 42, are adapted to grip the paper which is fed to the rolls from a support 43 and feed the paper onto the platform or table 36 so that the paper will extend across the slot 37. l/Vhen the arms 39 are moved to lower the blade 40, the latter will force the paper through the slot 37 and be tween the belts 26, 27, to be gripped thereby and fed to thestapling mechanism.

The arms 39 may be raised and lowered in any desired or suitable manner to raise the folder blade 40 and for this purpose there may be provided an arm 44 which projects from one of the arms 39 and this arm 44 cooperates with a cam 45 which is secured for rotation with the roller 42. The arm 44 is so arranged that the cam 45 will engage the same to raise the arms 39 and the folder blade 40 and the cam is so proportioned as to hold the folder blade elevated to permit the paper to be fed to the platform or support 36. The folder blade 40 may be lowered to force the paper through theslot .37 in any suitable manner, preferably by the 3 weight of the blade 40 and the arms 39 when the low portion of the cam 45 is adjacent the.

47 is preferably arranged intermediate the extremities of the rolls 41, 42 and the rolls are respectively provided with circumferential grooves 48, 49, to accommodate the stop. This stop is mounted for pivotal movement preferably upon a shaft 50 which is supported insuitable bearings and is preferably located below the support 43. The stop 47 maybe rocked into and out of operative position in any suitable manner but is preferably connected by means of links 51, 52 with the arm 44' so that when thearms 39 and the folder blade 40 are raised and lowered the stop 47 will be respectively lowered and raised. 3

Motion may be imparted to the rolls 41 and 42 in any suitable manner, preferably by means of meshing gears 53, 54, which are secured respectively to the rolls 41, 42, and 1 to the roll 41, as shown more clearly in Fig.

1. Motion may be imparted to the rolls 29, 31., by means of inter-meshing gears 57, 58,

secured respectively to the rolls 31,29, and i one of the rolls, preferably the roll 31, may be rotated by means of a drive chain or belt 59 which passes over a sprocket 60 secured to the roller 42 and asprocket 61 secured to the roll 31. A drive chain or belt 62 may be provided which passes over a suitable sprocket 63 which is seouredfor rotation with the roll 29 and a sprocket 64 which is secured for rotation preferably withthe \roll 33, and gears 65, 66, aresecured respectively to the rolls 33, 34, and mesh with each other sothattherolls 33, 34, will be operated when the drive chain or belt 62 is operated.

The labels are preferably printed in a strip 67 and fed from the roll 68, which latter is supported in any desired or suitable lnanner'by the main portion of the machine. The strip 67 passes between feed rolls 69, 70, and these rolls are preferably arranged to feed the strip of labels to the staple forming and driving mechanism in a direction transverse to the direction of feed A support 71 is arranged adjacent the rolls 69, 70, and is adapted to receive and support the end of the strip when it passes a between the rolls. A knife or c'utter 72 is pivotally supported so that its cutting edge will coiiperate with the edge of the support 71 to sever the label from the strip. This knife or cutter may be supported in any suitable manner and for pivotal movement and is provided with an ear or projection 73, which passes through a suitable slot 74 in the guide or frame 75 of the staple forming and driving mechanism. The ear or projection 7 3 is of a length to extend for some distance beyond the inner wall of the frame and into the path of movement of the end of the staple former 17, which latter is provided with a recess 76 in its extremity and into which the ear or projection 73 of the cutter 72 is adapted to enter, so that when the staple former 17 advances toward the limits of its movement toward the work, the recess 76 will be in position to receive the ear or projection 78 and just as the staple former reaches the limit of its work, the shoulder 77 formed by the recess 76 will engage the ear or projection 73 and depress the latter and with it the cutter 72 to sever the label from the strip. When the staple former 17 is raised, the cutter 72 will be also raised and any suitable means may be provided for raising the cutter, such as an elastic member 78, one extremity of which is secured to the cutter and the other is anchored as at 79 to any fixed support, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5.

The rolls 69, 70, are respectively provided with gears 80, 81, which mesh with each other to simultaneously rotate the rolls and a master gear 82 is provided which meshes with one ,of the gears 80, 81, to impart rotation to the rolls. Any suitable means may be provided for intermittently rotating the master gear 82 for the purpose of rotating the rolls 69, 70, and for this purpose there may be provided a ratchet gear 83 which is secured for rotation with the gear 82. An arm 84 is pivotally mounted preferably by one extremity to a suitable support and a ratchet dog 85 is supported by the arm 84 and coiiperates with the ratchet gear 83 so that when the arm 84 is oscillated in one direction, the ratchet dog 85 will engage one of the teeth on the ratchet gear to move the latter and with it the gear 82. lVhen the arm 84 is moved in the opposite direction, the dog 85 will yield. This arm 84 may be oscillated in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a link 86 which is pivotally connected to the arm by one extremity and to a portion of the driver 18 which projects above the cam 19. The arm 84 may be provided with a series of apertures 87 by means of which the point of connection of the link 86 withv the arm may be variedto vary the feeding movement of the rolls 69, 7 O.

In order to properly position the paper or article under the staple forming mecha nism so that the label 88 (see Fig. 2) may be properly positioned, suitable stop mechanism mustbe provided to arrest the advancing movement of the paper. A suitable and eflicient means for accomplishing this purpose comprises an arm 89 (see Fig. 1) which is pivotally supported intermediate its ends as at 90 and this arm preferably extends parallel with the direction of feeding movement of the paper. A stop 91 is supported by one end of the arm 89 and is adapted to be lowered into the path of the movement of the paper and to be raised out of the path of movement of the paper to permit the latter to advance farther and be ejected from the machine after the label has been applied. A second arm 92 is pivotally supported intermediate its ends as at 93, preferably to the head 16 of the arm 15 of the stapling machine and above the arm 89. A link 94 is pivotally connected by one extremity to the end of the arm 89 opposite to the end which carries the stop 91 and is also pivotally connected to one end of the arm 92. The other end of the arm 92 normally projects into a slot or recess 95 in the periphery of a disk 96 which is preferably supported by and secured for rotation with the cam 19 so that when the cam 19 is rotated the disk 96 will also be rotated to cause one of the walls of the recess 95 to engage the arm 92 and depress the end of the arm and thereby raise the other end of the arm 92 which in turn will raise the link 94 and rock the arm 89 to lower the stop 91 into the path of unovement of the paper. The stop 91 will be retained in its lowered position until the recess 95 in the disk 96 has assumed a position to again receive the end of the arm. The recess 95 and the movement of the disk 96 are so timed that the stop 91 will be raised just at the completion of the driving of the staple 97 through the label 88.

In order to start the stapling mechanism to operate, suitable means may be provided whereby the papers will automatically con trol such mechanism. For this purpose there may be provided an arm or projection 97 which is pivotally supported upon a rock shaft 98, which latter is mounted in suitable bearings 99. This arm 97 is located adjacent the creasing rollers 33, 34, and extends into peripheral grooves 99, 100, provided respectively in the rolls 33, 84. One extremity of the arm projects across the space between the rolls so that when the paper passes between these rolls it will engage and rock the arm.

Projecting laterally from the shaft 98 is an arm 101 which may be secured thereto in any desired manner and connected to this arm 101 is a link 102, the free extremity of which engages and rests upon the .treadle 22 so that when the arm 97 is rocked by the advancing movement of the paper between the belts 26, 27, the arm 101 will be lowered, which movement will depress the link 102 and this link will in turn depress or rock the treadle 22 to control the clutch mechanism2l in the ordinary manner. lhe arms 97, 101, and link 102 may be returned to their normal positions to permit the clutch 21 to be released and the arm 97 to project into the path of the advancing movement of the next paper, in any suitable manner, preferably by means of an elastic member 103 such as a coil spring or the like, one extremity of which may be secured to the link 102 and the other extremity anchored to a suitable fixed support.

The label feeding mechanism is timed to operate as the driver moves away from the work so that during such movement of the driver, a step of rotation will be imparted to the gear 82 to feed the label. The rolls 69, being operated, will feed the label on to the support 71 which latter will hold the label elevated above the work and in position below the staple forming and driving mechanism so as to permit the paper to be fed under the label.

WVith this improved construction it will be apparent that the mechanism is entirely automatic in its action and the staple 97 which secures the label 88 in position may also be utilized as a means for sealing the paper. Furthermore, it will be seen that the papers are not only folded and addressed thereby, but the ordinary and usual wrapper which is necessary to maintain the paper folded is dispensed with and the papers are secured or held against folding by the fastening device which secures the addressed tag thereto.

The term stapling used throughout the specification and claims is to be construed in its broadest sense to include any kind of fastening means which penetrates the label and the paper for fastening the two together.

In order that the invention might be fully understood, the details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specifically described, but

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of stapling mechanism means for feeding the articles to the said mechanism, means for feeding tags to the stapling mechanism and to the articles, a stop movable into and out of the path of movement of the articles to arrest the feed ing movement of and to position the article with relation to the stapling mechanism and to release the article, means for automatically operating the stop, and means for operating the stapling mechanism for stapling the tags to the respective articles.

2. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the. combination of stapling mechanism, means for feeding the articles to the said mechanism, means for feeding tags to the stapling mechanism and to the articles, a stop movable into and out of the path of movement of the article to arrest the feeding movement of and to position the article with relation to the stapling mechanism and to release the article, means for operating the stapling mechanism for stapling the tags tothe respective articles, and means operatively related to the stapling mechanism for operating the stop. 7

3. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of stapling mechanism, means forfeeding the articles to the stapling mechanism, means for feeding tags to the said mechanism and to the articles, a stop movable into and out of the path of move-' ment of the article to arrest the feeding movement of and to position the article with relation to the stapling mechanism and to release the article, means operatively related to the stapling mechanism and the stop for automatically operating the stop, means for operating the stapling mechanism, and means controlled by the feeding of the articles for automatically controlling the operation of the stapling mechanism.

4. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of stapling mechanism, means for feeding the articles to the said mechanism, means for feeding to the articles a strip containing the addresses, means operatively related to the stapling mechanism for intermittently operating the strip feeding mechanism, means for severing the strip into tags, a stop movable into and out of the path of feeding movement of the articles to respectively arrest and release the articles, means operatively related to the stapling mechanism for operating the stop, means for operating the stapling mechanism and means controlled by the article for automatically controlling the operation of the stapling mechanism.

5. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of stapling mechanism, means for feeding the articles to the stapling mechanism, means for feeding to the articles a strip containing the addresses, means operatively related to the stapling mechanism for intermittently operating the strip feed ing movement of the articles and adapted to be engaged and actuated by the articles for automatically controlling the operation of the stapling mechanism.

6. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of stapling mechanism, means for feeding the papers to the said mechanism including feed rolls between which the paper passes, said rolls being provided with a groove in their peripheries, means for feeding tags to the stapling mechanism and the papers, means for operating the stapling mechanism, an arm extending into the grooves in the peripheries of the rolls, said arm projecting into the path of movement of the paper between the rolls and adapted to be engaged and moved by the paper, and means connected with the arm for controlling the operation of the stapling mechanism when the arm is moved.

7. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of means for supplying the papers, means for folding the papers, stapling mechanism, means for feeding the folded papers to the stapling mechanism, means for feeding a tag to each of the papers and to the stapling mechanism, a stop for arresting the papers in position to receive the tags, means operatively related to the stapling mechanism for operating the stop, and means actuated by the papers while being fed, for controlling the operation of p the stapling mechanism.

8. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of folding mechanism,

means for operating the same, means for feeding the papers to the folding mechanism, stapling mechanism, means for feeding the folded papers to the stapling mechanism, means for supplying tags to the papers and to the feeding mechanism, means for operating the stapling mechanism for stapling the tags to the papers, and means controlled by the folding mechanism for arresting the feeding of the papers to the folding mechanism.

9. In a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination of folding mechanism, means for operating the same, a stop movable into and out of the path of movement of the papers for respectively arresting and permitting the supply of papers to the folding mechanism, means operatively connected with the folding mechanism and the stop for operating the latter, stapling mechanism, means for conveying the folded papers from the folding mechanism to the stapling mech anism, and means for supplying tags to the papers and the stapling mechanism and means for operating the stapling mechanism to stitch the tags to the papers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, on this 30th day of December, A. D. 1909.

PERCIVAL PAUL COX.

Witnesses:

D. S. MYERs, Jr., D. S. MYERS, J OHN S. MURPHY.

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